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The first American woman and the third woman ever to go to space, flying on the Challenger in 1983, Ride was also the first known LGBTQ+ astronaut. She spent 27 years with her partner Tam O ...
Mabel Stark (December 10, 1889 – April 20, 1968), whose real name was Mary Ann Haynie, [1] was a renowned tiger trainer of the 1920s. She was referred to as one of the world's first women tiger trainers/tamers. In its belated obituary, The New York Times lauded Stark as "one of the most celebrated animal trainers in a field dominated by men." [2]
Pages in category "Female legendary creatures" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 211 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker , widened the teeth.
Image credits: undiscoveredh1story Nowadays, we consume tons of visual media. Videos, photos, cinema, and TV can help us learn new things every day. However, they can just as easily misinform us.
Women were often only reluctantly educated as artists in Bonheur's day, and by becoming such a successful artist she helped to open doors to the women artists who followed her. [29] Bonheur was known for wearing men's clothing; [30] she attributed her choice of trousers to their practicality for working with animals (see Rational dress). [31]
Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall was born in April 1934 in Hampstead, London, [7] to businessman Mortimer Herbert Morris-Goodall [] (1907–2001) and Margaret Myfanwe Joseph (1906–2000), [8] a novelist from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, [9] who wrote under the name Vanne Morris-Goodall.
Positioned on Broadway, in Manhattan, New York City, is the Charging Bull Statue, also called the Bull of Wall Street. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture is 11 feet high and 16 feet long.